Antoine Desrues Tortured on Breaking Wheel, 1777
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| The breaking wheel, also known as the Catherine wheel or simply the wheel, was a torture device used for capital punishment from antiquity into early modern times. Antoine Francois Desrues (1744, 1777) was a French poisoner. He entered into negotiations with a Madame de la Motte for the purchase from her of a country estate, and, when the time came for the payment of the purchase money, invited her to stay with him in Paris pending the transfer. While she was still his guest, he poisoned first her and then her son. The disappearance of Madame de la Motte and her son had aroused suspicion. He was arrested, the bodies of his victims were discovered, and he was charged with their murder. He was originally sentenced to life in prison, but was retried and condemned to be torn asunder alive and burned. He was condemned to death and executed in Paris in 1777, Desrues repeating protestations of his innocence to the last. | |
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| Credit: | Science Photo Library / NYPL / Science Source |
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